drupal/includes/database.inc

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<?php
// $Id$
/**
* @file
* Wrapper for database interface code.
*/
/**
* @defgroup database Database abstraction layer
* @{
*
* Drupal provides a slim database abstraction layer to provide developers with
* the ability to support multiple database servers easily. The intent of this
* layer is to preserve the syntax and power of SQL as much as possible, while
* letting Drupal control the pieces of queries that need to be written
* differently for different servers and provide basic security checks.
*
* Most Drupal database queries are performed by a call to db_query() or
* db_query_range(). Module authors should also consider using pager_query() for
* queries that return results that need to be presented on multiple pages, and
* tablesort_sql() for generating appropriate queries for sortable tables.
*
* For example, one might wish to return a list of the most recent 10 nodes
* authored by a given user. Instead of directly issuing the SQL query
* @code
* SELECT n.title, n.body, n.created FROM node n WHERE n.uid = $uid LIMIT 0, 10;
* @endcode
* one would instead call the Drupal functions:
* @code
* $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.title, n.body, n.created
* FROM {node} n WHERE n.uid = %d', $uid, 0, 10);
* while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
* // Perform operations on $node->body, etc. here.
* }
* @endcode
* Curly braces are used around "node" to provide table prefixing via
* db_prefix_tables(). The explicit use of a user ID is pulled out into an
* argument passed to db_query() so that SQL injection attacks from user input
* can be caught and nullified. The LIMIT syntax varies between database servers,
* so that is abstracted into db_query_range() arguments. Finally, note the
* common pattern of iterating over the result set using db_fetch_object().
*/
/**
* Append a database prefix to all tables in a query.
*
* Queries sent to Drupal should wrap all table names in curly brackets. This
* function searches for this syntax and adds Drupal's table prefix to all
* tables, allowing Drupal to coexist with other systems in the same database if
* necessary.
*
* @param $sql
* A string containing a partial or entire SQL query.
* @return
* The properly-prefixed string.
*/
function db_prefix_tables($sql) {
global $db_prefix;
if (is_array($db_prefix)) {
$prefix = $db_prefix['default'];
foreach ($db_prefix as $key => $val) {
if ($key !== 'default') {
$sql = strtr($sql, array('{'. $key. '}' => $val. $key));
}
}
}
else {
$prefix = $db_prefix;
}
return strtr($sql, array('{' => $prefix, '}' => ''));
}
/**
* Activate a database for future queries.
*
* If it is necessary to use external databases in a project, this function can
* be used to change where database queries are sent. If the database has not
* yet been used, it is initialized using the URL specified for that name in
* Drupal's configuration file. If this name is not defined, a duplicate of the
* default connection is made instead.
*
* Be sure to change the connection back to the default when done with custom
* code.
*
* @param $name
* The name assigned to the newly active database connection. If omitted, the
* default connection will be made active.
*/
function db_set_active($name = 'default') {
global $db_url, $db_type, $active_db;
static $db_conns;
if (!isset($db_conns[$name])) {
// Initiate a new connection, using the named DB URL specified.
if (is_array($db_url)) {
$connect_url = array_key_exists($name, $db_url) ? $db_url[$name] : $db_url['default'];
}
else {
$connect_url = $db_url;
}
$db_type = substr($connect_url, 0, strpos($connect_url, '://'));
// TODO: Allow more than one database API to be present.
if ($db_type == 'mysql') {
include_once 'includes/database.mysql.inc';
}
else {
include_once 'includes/database.pear.inc';
}
$db_conns[$name] = db_connect($connect_url);
}
// Set the active connection.
$active_db = $db_conns[$name];
}
/**
* @} end of defgroup database
*/
// Initialize the default database.
db_set_active();
?>